‘The Office:’ ‘Dwight got a hooker!’

It’s too bad that Ben, my colleague in “Office” bloggery (my blog-league?), missed this one, since it gave us a few glimpses into Dwight and Angela’s relationship. Among other things, we learned that, when Angela is alone with Dwight, she apparently puts aside her aversion to whore-ishness.

And who would have thought that the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin was such a hot bed of unrequited passion? Much less that Toby had the time to nurse a crush on Pam? One would think that dealing with Michael’s errors in judgment (outing employees, planning to bring Boy Scouts to Casino Night, etc.) and Dwight’s complaints about Jim would keep him too busy for that sort of thing. Though maybe Jim’s transfer gave Toby a little breathing room.

As entertaining as the convention scenes were — Michael asking Jan for ground rules, the paper airplane competition, the sort-of reunion of Dwight and Jim — I was glad that the other Scranton-ites who stayed home got a little screen time, too. Creed introducing himself to Meredith, and helping himself to Angela’s abandoned lunch, was a fine moment, as was the dating advice that Pam got from Phyllis and Stanley. And the date — that was quite excellent, too. (I wonder if the Season 3 DVD will include a deleted scene in which Ryan tries to gnaw his own arm off to escape from Kelly?)

We also saw an indication that Michael has grown a teensy bit, perhaps because of last week’s Oscar outing. Did you notice him fighting off the urge to say “That’s what she said” when Jan told him she couldn’t be on him 24 hours a day?

Along similar lines, there’s probably very little chance that either “Dwight got a hooker” or “Oh, God, I hope it’s urine” will become the next big catch phrase — I’m not even entirely sure how those lines would be applicable to other situations — but I think we “Office” fans should do whatever we can to make that happen.